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Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde found not guilty

The Landsdómur trial against former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde came to end today with him being found not guilty on all major counts.

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Summing up at former Iceland PM negligence trial

Yesterday and today are the final days of the Landsdómur trial against former Icelandic PM Geir H. Haarde. The prosecution summed up yesterday and the defence is doing so today.

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Former Iceland PM trial splits nation

Slightly more people in Iceland were happy to see their former prime minister go on trial for negligence over the banking crash than were unhappy, new survey results reveal.

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Landsdómur trial: last day of testimony

Witness testimony in the Landsdómur court case against the former Icelandic PM came to an end yesterday. 40 witnesses have been called throughout the case.

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Former Icelandic PM’s trial: Day Six

Yesterday was the sixth and penultimate day of witness testimony at the court case against former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde. Six people testified at the Cuture House in Reykjavík and one testified by telephone from Canada. Today is the final day of witnesses.

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Iceland prime minister trial update

11 witnesses gave testimony to the Landsdómur trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde yesterday – day five. They included the current Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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InDefence wants to call Darling to testify at Haarde trial

The financial campaigning group InDefence is unhappy that only Icelandic politicians, civil servants and bankers are being called as witnesses to the trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde. They want to see Alistair Darling called to testify.

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Update from former Iceland PM trial

A second former governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, Ingimundur Friðriksson, took the witness stand this morning at the Culture House in Reykjavík – where the trial of former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde is taking place.

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